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Years in Production / 2006–2009
John Deere
8430T
Explore the specifications, hardware, and original references for the John Deere 8430T.

335hp
Source index power
Tracks
Drive
2006–2009
Production years
John Deere
Manufacturer
8430T / 01
At a glance
Overview
2006 - 2009
8030 Series
Agricultural Crawler tractor
Production
Agricultural Crawler tractor
Built in Waterloo, Iowa, USA
- Manufacturer
- John Deere
Mechanical
Wet disc brakes
CommandView cab
- Drive
- crawler
- Steering
- electro-hydraulic
Capacity
- Fuel
- 130 gal492.1 L
- Hydraulic System
- 65 gal246.0 L
Hydraulics
- Type
- closed center pressure-flow compensated (PFC)
- Capacity
- 65 gal246.0 L
- Pressure
- 2900 psi200.0 bar
- Valves
- 3 to 5
- Pump Flow
- 31.7 gpm120.0 lpm
- Total Flow
- 33.5 gpm126.8 lpm
- Total Flow
- 42.5 gpm (optional)160.9 lpm
Hitch
- Rear Type
- III/IIIN
- Rear Lift
- 15,200 lbs6894 kg
Pto
- Rear Pto
- independent
- Rear Type
- 1000
- Engine Rpm
- 1000@2000
Electrical
- Ground
- negative
- Charging System
- alternator
- Charging Amps
- 200
- Batteries
- 2
- Battery Cca
- 925
- Battery Volts
- 12
8430T / 02
Under the hood
Engine Detail
John Deere PowerTech 6090HRW
variable geometry turbo diesel
6-cylinder 24-valve
liquid-cooled inline
- Displacement
- 548 ci9.0 L
- Bore Stroke
- 4.661x5.354 inches118 x 136 mm
- Power
- 335 hp249.8 kW
- Air Cleaner
- dual paper elements
- Compression Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Rated Rpm
- 2100
- Idle Rpm
- 900-2200
- Operating Rpm
- 1500-2100
- Starter Volts
- 12
- Oil Capacity
- 25.5 qts24.1 L
- Coolant Capacity
- 42.3 qts40.0 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Cooling
- liquid-cooled inline
Engine Options
John Deere 9.0L 6-cyl diesel
8430T / 03
Gears & controls
Transmission
Full power shift transmission operated with right-hand control lever. Transmission defaults to gear 7-forward and 2-reverse on startup, although this may be re-programmed. Automatic PowerShift (APS) enables automatic shifting to maintain engine load.
- Transmission
- John Deere PowerShift
- Transmission Type
- full power shift
- Gears
- 16 forward and 4 reverse
- Clutch
- hydraulic wet disc
- Oil Capacity
- 260 qts246.1 L
John Deere8430t Transmission
16-speed full power shift
8430T / 04
Size. Stance. Footprint.
Dimensions
- Length
- 207 in525 cm
- Width
- 150 in381 cm
- Height (cab)
- 122.9 in312 cm
- Wheelbase
- 89 in226 cm
Tires And Tracks
16-inch tracks
- Wheelbase
- 89 inches226 cm
- Weight
- 28,790 lbs13059 kg
Tires And Tracks
- Width
- 16 inches40 cm
- Width
- 18 inches45 cm
- Width
- 25 inches63 cm
- Width
- 30 inches76 cm
See it in action
Videos
Watch John Deere 8430T videos from their original YouTube creators.
8430T / 06
Tests (NTTL)
Oced Tractor Test1889
Diesel PowerShift crawlerOctober 4 - November 1, 2006Link: OCED Tractor Test 1889 file
PTO performance
Drawbar performance
Gear 9 used for power test.
Gear 5 used for pull test.
- Max Power
- 298.2 hp222.4 kW
- Max Power
- 219.81 hp163.9 kW
- Fuel Use
- 15.8 gal/hour59.8 l/hour
- Fuel Use
- 14.4 gal/hour54.5 l/hour
- Fuel Use
- 15.3 gal/hour57.9 l/hour
- Fuel Use
- 14.3 gal/hour54.1 l/hour
- Power At Rated Engine Speed
- 258.54 hp192.8 kW
- Power At Rated Pto Speed
- 283.84 hp211.7 kW
- Max Pull
- 32,192 lbs14602 kg